The prevalence of Salmonella Pullorum/Gallinarum in commercial and backyard poultry flocks Ghent University
Recent outbreaks of S. Pullorum/Gallinarum on layer farms are of great concern for the poultry industry. To date, no information on the prevalence and spread of S. Gallinarum is available. This study aims to determine the prevalence of S. Gallinarum in commercial and backyard poultry flocks and to see whether the different isolated strains are linked with each other, using genotyping.